A group portrait showing Knud and Guri Melby with nine of their ten adult children. They are standing and sitting on the front porch of the home of their son, Ole Melby, in the village of Manfred, N.D. The original door can be seen in the...

The James River with Manfred in the background, buildings including a grain elevator and windmill are visible. Five people sit or stand in a boat close to the shore. Mr. Olaf Tansem is standing in the back of the boat, while his wife, Mrs. Sarah...

A view looking down a dirt road in Manfred, N.D. There are a few small buildings on the left, a house at the end of the road, and a few buildings and storefronts on the right. The building second up the street on the right was the Burkum Store. ...

An interior view of the L.O. Burkum Store in Manfred, N.D. In the center are counters with merchandise such as pants. On the front table is a box that says, "We Sell Phoenix brand Shirts, Pants, Duck Coats and Overalls." There is a furnace and a...

A view of the Perry Anderson farm, just West of Manfred, N.D. On the left is the barn, in the distance on the right is the farm house and windmill. The finished silo, which they built in 1946 is centered, without the domed top.

A view of two men standing outside, both with their hands in their pockets and wearing hats. Mr. Lars O. Burkum stands on the left in a dark jacket and pants, and Mr. Ole Posteuen stands on the right in a light colored shirt.

A view of Mr. Olaf Anderson driving an early automobile. In the front sit two of his sons, Gordon and Clayton, at an early age. Mrs. Caroline Anderson is sitting in the back seat with June and Beatrice Melby, the daughters of Caroline's brother...

A view taken from the roof of a storage building looking down the conveyor that is elevating the grain. A dump truck has a full box of grain and is pouring some into the conveyor. There is a shovel in the bed of the truck, in the grain.

A group portrait of people who lived in Manfred, N.D. A row of men stand in the back, a middle row consists of women and a man sitting, and the front row has children kneeling on the ground. A few of the seated women hold infants.

A booklet with the history of the West St. Olaf Lutheran Church. The book contains biographies of the pastors, information on the organizations sponsored by the church, and various advertisements from area businesses.

A program from the 55th commencement at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, North Dakota in 1995. The program contains a history of BSC, the names of the graduates, short biographies of the speakers and those receiving special awards, and the...